Houda is a

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(alternate spellings include Hoda and

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). Notable people with that name include: *

Houda Ben Daya Houda Ben Daya ( ar, هدى بن داية; born July 21, 1979, in Tunis) is a Tunisian judoka, who competed in the women's half-heavyweight category. She picked up a total of five medals, including three golds from the African Championships and a ...

(born 1979), Tunisian judoka *

Houda Benyamina Houda Benyamina (born 1980) is a French director and screenwriter. She won the Cannes Film Festival Camera d'Or and César Award for Best First Feature Film for her 2016 film ''Divines''. Benyamina was born in Viry-Châtillon, Paris in a Morocca ...

(born 1980), French director and screenwriter *

Houda Darwish Houda Darwish ( ar, هدى درويش) is an Algerian novelist, poet, writer, and women's rights activist. According to Abdel Madjid Djaber, a Palestinian critic and academician, she is a "charming lady of Algerian literature.". Personal life ...

(born 1991), Algerian novelist, poet, writer, and women's rights activist *

Houda Echouafni Houda Echouafni is a Moroccan actress. Houda Echouafni is a British/Arab actress her theatre work includes The RSC, The National Theatre and The Globe Theatre. Houda began filming Penny Woolcock's ''The Death of Klinghoffer'' in Malta while she was ...

, British actress *

Houda-Imane Faraoun Houda-Imane Faraoun, also spelled Feraoun, is an Algerian physicist and materials scientist who was appointed Minister of Post, Information Technology & Communication in the government of Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal on 1 May 2015 ...

(born 1979), Algerian scientist *

Houda Miled Houda Miled (Arabic: هدى ميلاد; born 8 February 1987 in Kairouan, Tunisia) is Tunisian judoka. She represented her country in two Summer Olympics: in 2008 in the 78 kg event (where she lost her first match to Stéphanie Possamaï) ...

(born 1987), Tunisian judoka *

Houda Nonoo Houda Ezra Ebrahim Nonoo ( ar, هدى عزرا نونو; born 7 September 1964) served as the Bahraini Ambassador to the United States from 2008 to 2013. She was appointed to the position by decree of Foreign Affairs Minister Khaled Ben Ahmad Al ...

(born 1964), Bahraini Ambassador

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